Balbharati solutions for इंग्लिश [इंग्रजी] इयत्ता ८ महाराष्ट्र राज्य मंडळ chapter 4.4 - Ramanujan [Latest edition]

Discuss orally in your class.

In what subjects is knowledge of mathematics used, at school level, and college/university level? Name them.

Did you know maths is used in music and poetry also? Can you tell how?

Use the letters in the word MATHEMATICIAN to make 4 letters/5 letter and 6 or more letter words, within a time limit fixed by your teacher.

Use the following word/phrase to make a sentence of your own.

enthusiasm

Use the following word/phrase to make a sentence of your own.

lope off

Use the following word/phrase to make a sentence of your own.

fraud

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clarity

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amiable

Use the following word/phrase to make a sentence of your own.

come to terms with

Use the following word/phrase to make a sentence of your own.

conveyance

The following word can be used as Noun as well as Verb.

Visit

The following word can be used as Noun as well as Verb.

Honour

The following word can be used as Noun as well as Verb.

Report

The following word can be used as Noun as well as Verb.

Watch

The following word can be used as Noun as well as Verb.

Form

The following word can be used as Noun as well as Verb.

Surprise

Say WHY. . . . . .

Ramanujan’s letter bored and irritated Hardy, at first.

Say WHY. . . . . .

Hardy invited Littlewood for a discussion.

Say WHY. . . . . .

Mother agreed to send Ramanujan to England. 

Say WHY. . . . . .

Hardy and Ramanujan could not talk freely with each other.

Say WHY. . . . . .

Ramanujan had to be hospitalized.

Say WHY. . . . . .

Ramanujan found the number 1729 very interesting.

Read the text and enlist the achievements and honours of Ramanujan, received in England.

Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

England gave Ramanujan great honours.

Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

A large untidy envelope was decorated with Indian stamps. 

Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

The timetable was not altered. 

Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

She saw her son in a big hall.

Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

Hardy corrected his statement.

Underline the verb in the following sentence and state whether the sentence is in the Active or Passive voice.

Ramanujan was brought to England.

Change the voice in the following sentence.

Hardy taught Ramanujan. 

Change the voice in the following sentence.

He knew nothing of the modern rigour.

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Sheets of paper were found in it, by Hardy. 

Change the voice in the following sentence.

Hardy was bored by that manuscript.

Change the voice in the following sentence.

Trinity supported unorthodox talent.

Change the voice in the following sentence.

He could not break the ban.

Identify whether the following is a Simple, Complex, and Compound sentence.

When he opened it, he found sheets of paper.

Identify whether the following is a Simple, Complex, and Compound sentence.

He glanced at a letter.

Identify whether the following is a Simple, Complex, and Compound sentence. 

Hardy was not only bored but he was also irritated. 

Identify whether the following is a Simple, Complex, and Compound sentence.

Ramanujan turned out to be a poor clerk.

Identify whether the following is a Simple, Complex, and Compound sentence. 

If Ramanujan had been better educated, he would have been even more wonderful than he was.

Identify whether the following is a Simple, Complex, and Compound sentence.

Ramanujan was self-taught : he knew nothing of the modern rigour.

A brilliant student from your school has won a Mathematics Quiz at the National Level.

Frame questions to interview him/her when the school felicitates him/her. Follow the steps given below.

1. Greetings
2. Introduction of the interviewee and achievements.
3. 2 or 3 questions about growing years.
4. 4 to 6 questions about the achievements.
5. 2 or 3 questions about future plans and prospects.
6. Expression of thanks and good wishes.

• Read the first three paragraphs on Page 92. (From......... ‘One morning .............. up to ............ a discussion after hall)
• Re-read the same noting down only important points.
• Rewrite the important points in your own simple language, in your notebook.
• Make certain that your summary is less than half the length of the original passage.